The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-12
BOOK NOTICES.

SONORA vILLENA, AND GRAY: An Old Eaven
romance, two volumes in one By the author
of Real People" White, Stokes & Allen,
Publishers New York.
The author of these interesting volumes
is MIR. Marion Wilcox, who is rapidly be-
coming known as a writer of much more
than average merit He shows a skill in
his work that is felt rather than seen.
''Senora Villepa" is continuation of "Real
People. Gray, an Old Haven romance" is
a story of brilliancy and power. The two
are combined IL volume gotten up in their
usual excellent style by White, Stokes &
Allen, New York publishers Wehave had
the pleasure hitherto to notice "Real Peo-
pie" most charming work, and in these
last two productions Mr.. Wilcox has pre-
served his piquant style, and has presented
the public with volume of rare excellence,
interesting from one cover to the other
Critics of fiction will find in this new effort
of Mr. Wilcox much to admire, little to find
fault with and nothing to condemn. The
books shows originality, strength, dramatic
brilliancy, and is clean and readable
throughout.
FAUST, THE LEGEND AND THE POEM. By William
S. Walsh, with etchings by Hermann Faber.
j. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
Cloth So.
Seldom is there issued from the press a
finer specimen of the printers and binders
arts than is presented in the above work
The binding is superb the paper heavy and
fine, and the printing as nearly perfect as it
is possible for it to be- The chief attraction
of this volume, however, is found in the
etchings There are six of them, and they
alone are more than worth the price of the
volume. For Christmas present Faust, "
as presented by J. B. Lippincott Company,
could not well be surpassed.
THE STORY OF KEEDoN BLUFFS. By Charles Egg
bert Craddock. author of In the Tennessee
Boston and New York, Publishers. Wylly &
Clark, Savannah: Cloth S1OO.
This charming story is one of the best of
the famous Tennessee authors. The portraits
of character are very fine, the dialogue is
bright and interesting, and the plot is one
with which no fault is likely to be found.
The reading of one of the stories of this
author exciteS a desire to read Others
There is flavor about them that is very at
tractive.
PAUL PAToFF, BY r. Marion Crawford, author of
"A Roman Singer" etc, Houghton, Miffiin &
Company, Boston and New York. publishers.
Wylly & Clark Savannah. Cloth, S150.
There are few writer's of fiction who have
more enthusiastic readers IMAM Mr.. Craw-
ford He has the faculty of pleasing. While
his fiction is pure, it is deeply interesting.
The above story will be found to be one Of
his best, and it will repay perusal There
are no dull parts in it, and the reader will
find himself all the time anxious to reach
the end, and sorry when he does reach it.
MIxGo AND OTHER SKETCHES By Joel Chandler
Harris. Boston, Ticknor & Co.
All the papers in this volume are COM
pounded of laughter and sentiment, the lat
ter element somewhat predominating.
'Mingo" is an exquisite little sketch in
which the poor whites, the quality and the
faithful old negro are finely contrasted, and
in this occurs one of Mr.. Harris most
brilliant strokes-an inspiration which may
be called flash of genius.
PRINCE LITTLE Boy AND OTHER TALES OUT OF
FARMLAND BY S. Weir Mitchell NJ. D., ILL.,
d. j. b. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
These charming fairy tales are well calcu-
lated to interest and amuse children, with
out in any respect arcusing their fears.
They are tales which children can hear re-
peated time and time again without loss of
pleasure Even young people could find
much in this volume that would claim their
attention.